John Langford's COLM 2026 Keynote 'Research at AI Speed' Examines the Industrialization of R&D
JohnCLangford · x · 2026-10-06
John Langford, Partner Research Manager at Microsoft Research and creator of Vowpal Wabbit, will give an invited talk at COLM 2026 titled "Research at AI Speed."
The talk frames the current moment as the industrialization of innovation, structurally changing R&D processes and outcomes. Key questions he plans to address:
- Where the field stands in this industrialization process
- How researchers can navigate it
- What the failure modes look like and what success means
- How to organize effectively around industrial-scale innovation
Langford previously worked at Yahoo!, Toyota Technological Institute, and IBM Watson, and authors the well-known ML blog hunch.net.
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